A couple of years ago we were very taken with the full on assault of O Shot by New York duo The Gay Blades, a storming crackerjack of a song that was one of our favourites of 2008.

The pair take just about every musical genre going and then gleefully crush them into a seething mass of their own confident construction – from sneering garage-punk to folk to dance to glammed-up funk it is all there, and we couldn’t be happier about it.

Now, after what seems a very long gap, they are back with a lead-off single Try To Understand from their forthcoming second album Savages (due in October).

Take a listen to the old and the new – we’re pretty sure you’ll like what you’re hearing.

Visit their MySpace here.

Download The Gay Blades – Try To Understand mp3 (from Savages)

Download The Gay Blades – O Shot mp3 (from Ghosts)